Espinoza-Espinoza v. Immigration & Naturalization Service’s Empirical Analysis
554 F.2d 921 · 1977
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably Witter v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1997), Cuevas-Ortega v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1979)
18 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Rachal v. United States · People's Church of San Fernando Valley, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles · Trias-Hernandez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Bufalino v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that the misrepresentation was deliberate and voluntary.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“In determining whether an alien has procured his visa by fraud or willful misrepresentation of a material fact within the meaning of section 212(a)(19), it is appropriate to examine the circumstances as they existed at the time the visa was issued.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“seeks to procure (or has sought to procure or has procured) a visa, other documentation, or admission into the United States or other benefit”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.